Communist China at 60
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:39 PM
Hong Kong police arrest a pro-democracy protester Oct. 1 during a demonstration demanding China improve its human rights record, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong. (Reuters)
As the Daily Blog noted in our previous post, Oct. 1 is the feast day of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. But this day is also fraught with a secular significance: It’s the 60th anniversary of the Communist seizure of power in China.
According to Register correspondent Father Raymond J. de Souza, the six decades of existence of the People’s Republic of China is something that merits no celebration.... READ MORE
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Chinese Persecution Continues
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:00 AM
Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo (Asianews)
On Monday, Chinese police arrested Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, the underground bishop of Zhengding in the Chinese province of Hebei.
The arrest was timed to coincide with Monday’s convening at the Vatican of the Catholic Church’s Plenary Commission on the Church in China.
The Catholic news service Asianews reported March 31 that Bishop Jia, 74, “suffers from various disturbances because of... READ MORE
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Vatican Discusses China
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, March 30, 2009 7:58 AM
People walk past an ice sculpture of a Catholic church in Harbin, China, Dec. 22. (CNS/Reuters)
The Vatican’s Commission for the Catholic Church in China is currently holding its second plenary session.
The meeting in Rome runs from today through Wednesday.
According to a communiqué from the Holy See press office, participants include “superiors of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia with responsibility in this area, as well as certain representatives of the Chinese episcopate and of... READ MORE
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The Church’s China File
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, February 13, 2009 8:13 AM
A girl prays during a special Mass for children in Taiyuan, China, in December 2007. (CNS/Reuters)
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun has announced he will retire as Hong Kong’s bishop in April, but he won’t be ending his active service on behalf of the Church.
Instead, the cardinal said in an interview with the diocesan weekly Kung Kao Po that he’ll be focusing on issues that concern the Chinese Church as a whole, Catholic News Service reported yesterday.
Said Cardinal Zen, “China is a big... READ MORE
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Beijing Won’t Face the Music
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, October 13, 2008 10:46 AM
(AFP)
Do China’s Communist leaders have a collectivist tin ear?
The Daily Telegraph reported recently that the Chinese government was cracking down on performances of religious music.
Because of the ban, Rome’s Sinfonica Orchestra was forced to abandon its plan to play Mozart’s Requiem at a concert this month in the Sichuan earthquake zone. The concert was scheduled to help victims of the massive... READ MORE
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China Grounds Bishops
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 03, 2008 7:57 AM
St. Francis Cathedral in Xi'an, China. (CNS)
The Chinese government won’t allow Catholic bishops to come to this month’s World Synod of Bishops.
Vatican spokesman Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said today that China has indicated that travel requests for the bishops have been rejected, Reuters reported.
However, bishops from Hong Kong and Macao will be allowed to attend the synod, which begins Sunday.
“[There were] talks with the... READ MORE
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